Housing Authority takes second-lowest bid for offices

Making sure it works

Making sure it works

Checking on equipment is a daily activity at the Forrest City Fire Department. Firefighter Frank Ferrell works on a Y gate while on the bucket of the FCFD ladder truck.

Members of the Forrest City Housing Authority Board unanimously rejected the lowest bid for construction on its new offices and went with the second-lowest bidder for the project.

The office building will be 4,000-square-feet and be located on D...

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